"Master Xia, Master Xie, it's been a few years since we last met. It's been a long time since we last met."
Seeing Li Jingye coming over with his fists clasped, Xia Yu, who was still in good spirits, raised her eyebrows first, then clasped her fists and returned the greeting, "How are you, Li Biejia?"
Xie Zonghuai, who already looked old, also returned the greeting, "Long time no see, Li Biejia."
Li Jingye smiled politely and said, "I can't compare to the generosity of you, Master Xia. We are alone and weak, and all the thousand large reservoirs are rented. This time we are hiring students from Yuzhou, so I hope you two will give us some space, okay?"
Xia Yu smiled without commenting, but Xie Zonghuai waved his hand and said, "Hey, Li Biejia, you are too polite. We, the people from Yuzhou, have come from afar and have exhausted our resources to take over those wastelands. It is only right that Li Biejia should show his hospitality as a host."
Li Jingye smiled awkwardly, "Hehe, no problem. I wonder what conditions you are going to offer to recruit students from Yuzhou this time? Let's discuss it so that everyone can have a clear idea."
These guys in Yuzhou took advantage of their status as local tyrants and developed the land around Yuzhou according to Wang Zheng's model, making a lot of money. This time, in addition to investing in border land, they were able to take into account the Yellow River Reservoir and buy so much land on both sides of the Weishui River. This shows how deep their foundation is.
In this way, over time, do you think the children of the aristocratic families in the border areas will use the Tang laws to draw a clear line between themselves and their own families?
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"Of course it's good for the court, but not necessarily for the people." Li Jingye raised his eyebrows and continued, "If you want to disperse the aristocratic families, you have to deal with the first family first. Otherwise, it won't be that easy."
Xia Yu first looked at Li Jingye's expression and said with a smile, "That's nothing. The children of our Yuzhou noble families are still our children, even if they have wild thoughts. As for those children of noble families who followed us to the borderland, it's hard to say whether they are still their children after a few years."
Xia Yuxian smiled and said, "That's it. The tricks in the planning of large reservoirs are actually the experience summary of other people's failures. If you don't go to each site in person and listen carefully to the on-site explanations, many things are simply impossible to explain clearly.
Under such circumstances, some people have begun to leave their family and start a new life. In a few years, the family will remain but the clan will be destroyed.
The lives of the common people in the world have become better, but the aristocratic families like us have come to an end. I can only say that the steward's use of the gentle breeze and rain is really very clever, and I don't know whether this is good or bad. "
Xia Yuxian sighed and said, "There is no other way. We can only raise the price as much as possible to see if we can recruit more people. If nothing else, at least we have to get the planning drawings out.
Li Jingye nodded and said with a wry smile, "I've heard of this. The chief steward originally wanted to compile it into a textbook, but found it too complicated, and without on-site teaching, it was impossible to learn everything with the textbook alone, so he had to give up in the end."
Li Jingye couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Why is this? It's so important, you can't be unprepared, right?"
Building a large reservoir is not as simple as it seems. If you don’t have a complete planning blueprint drawn according to the terrain, you will have a lot of trouble in the future if you try to build it yourself.
Xia Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's true. Let's tell you the truth. We don't have any rules this time."
I can't help but feel a little lacking in confidence when competing with these guys this time.
We had thought about cultivating a group of such talents ourselves back then, but we found that it was impossible because only after learning all the arithmetic of the great manager and then traveling all over both sides of the Yu River could one achieve great success.
Li Jingye frowned and nodded, then smiled and said, "I believe that our business directions will be similar in the future. There will be many overlaps in what we purchase and what we sell. If we communicate more, there will be many benefits."
"As far as I know, the Tang laws in the border areas are extremely strict. All disputes are determined by the Tang laws. Family laws, clan laws, and even local etiquette laws are excluded.
Xia Yuxian raised his eyebrows and asked, "If I tell you, will Li Biejia believe it?"
Finally, we had to give up and send the children of the clan to various farms to study. However, after those guys finished their studies, their minds were no longer on the family. They thought about the wilderness, the sea and the stars all day long. What should we do? It’s not that those thoughts are bad. The stars are out of reach. There are still many riches in the wilderness and the sea. But the weight of the family in their hearts has become lighter. In many things, the family is not put first. This is the human heart. It is scattered directly. "
Li Jingye frowned and asked, "What do you mean, Brother Xia?"
During those years, Li Jingye was not in charge of the family business and could not come up with so much capital. In addition, he was an outsider, so his profits could not compare to those of the local tyrants.
However, as long as we have the planning drawings, things will be much simpler afterwards. The reason why the registered disciples of Yuzhou are so valuable is that they can get the full teaching from the workshop owner and those people around the reservoir in the practical class that year. There are many ways to learn. "
Xie Zonghuai smiled bitterly and said, "Because those students don't want to stay here at all. Not to mention other students, even our own graduated clansmen don't plan to stay in Chang'an. Their goal is to go to the borderland. The reason they came here is more to give face to the steward."
Li Jingye was a little dumbfounded. "What should I do?"
After all, money is a very tempting thing. There is more than a little wealth in the border areas, especially in Lingnan. The development speed there is too fast. After many workshops made a quick buck, their profits immediately dropped.
The largest family in the world is actually the royal family. Every emperor wants his son to live a good life, but he doesn't want his brothers and uncles to take up too many resources so as not to threaten the throne.
Xia Yu smiled first, said nothing more, made a gesture to Li Jingye to invite him in, and said, "Let's go in quickly. It's almost noon. Let's set up the venue and have lunch together."
Li Jingye walked inside together and said somewhat disappointedly: "If those guys really don't want to stay in Chang'an, then we may not gain anything this time."
Xia Yuxian smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. In recent years, not all students in Yuzhou are from Huangzhuang and Yuzhou. Many people from Chang'an go to Yuzhou to study. Perhaps some of them want to stay in their hometown for a few years.
Moreover, I heard that after the chief steward learned about the situation, he ordered the scale of the job fair to be expanded. The hiring party is no longer limited to us, and the hiring party is no longer limited to Yuzhou students. The duration has also been extended from half a day to three days. Maybe there will be some unexpected gains?"